Metallic tie and bail-fastener



H. FUDCZKO.

METALLIC TIE AND RAIL FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED DEC-21. I9IB.

1 3 1 4,95 6 Patented Sept. 2, 1919.

2 SHEETS-SHEET I.

FIG. I

FIG. 2

.' I I I 47 14 JJ i I i i V: l" I ,Jr 7.5 14 17 i :n,

51mm flfaczlezzko Momma NER.

H. FUDGZKO.

M T uc Tl ND RAIL PASTE LICATIO ED DEC-27.191

Patented Sept. 2, 1919.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

FIG. 3.

FIG. 5.

MOI/M (24d V "UNITED STATES PA ENT OFFICE.

l HILARY FUDCZKO, or rnrL nE PHIn} PENivsYnvANIAQ A j V ETALLIC TIE AND nA IfL-Fasmmin.

To all whom it may concern:

.Ucitizen of the United States of America, ""residingjat Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Im provements in Metallic Ties and Rail- Fasteners, of which the following is a specification. p 7 p I The primary object of the invention is the provision of a metallic tie upon which rails may be readily secured. and resiliently seated for absorbing shocks and jars incident to the varying traffic conditions.

A further object of the invention is to provide a metallic tie upon which railway rails are resiliently seated at a proper distance apart for the gage of the railroad and with the ties uniformly spaced apart.

With these general objects in view, the invention will be fully described in connection with the accompanying drawings and in which like reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

In the drawings,

Figure 1 is a vertical transverse sectional view through a railway line illustrating the rails positioned upon a tie of my invention with the tie broken away.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged vertical sectional View taken upon line IIIIII of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view taken on line IV-IV of Fig. 3, and

Fig. 5 is a top plan view of an end portion of the tie with the rail and its securing means removed.

My invention provides a metal tie having a main body portion 10 rectangular in cross section with its opposite ends formed alike but opposite in arrangement and including a transverse head 11 at each end of the tie of substantially the same cross sectional area as the rail body 10.

A block 12 is provided at each end of the tie slightly inwardly of the heads 11 adapted for engagement with the outer face of the web 13 of an adj acently positioned rail when operatively mounted upon the tie. The end portions of the tie body 10 are longitudinally channeled as at 14 providing parallel side walls 15 while each channel 14 extends into Application filed December 27, 1918. Serial No. 268,481.

Specificationof Letter s fl at ent Sept: 2 191 9,

therein so that the clamps 17 may he slid longitudinally of the tie'body' 10 toward and away from the blocks 12.The side" walls 15 are 'cut-awayas at19' for accommodating-the'base 20 ofa rail such-as 21 whilebolts 22 extend'through perforations 23 in the" base 18 of ,eaclrelamp 1-7 and through the recesses 16 and perforations 24 through the outer sides of the heads 11.

This arrangement permits the mum to seat wlth its base 20 upon the bolts 22 providing ner, two rails 21 are operatively positioned upon the tie body 10 accurately spaced apart for the gage of the road by having the blocks 20 properly arranged upon the body 10. A slight resiliency of the rail seating renders the metallic tie more efficient and long lived while the rails are readily secured thereto and removed therefrom at will.

The heads 11 at the opposite ends of the tie which is substantially H-shaped are adapted to have their ends 28 positioned in abutting relations so that a continuous base is provided at the opposite sides of the track serviceable in stabilizing the ties when mounted upon the roadbed. The heads 11 also furnish a suitable mounting means for third rails accurately spacing the same outwardly of the rails 21 The heads 11 may be secured together if desired and employed as a walk for the trackmen when conditions warrant such a use thereof.

WVhat I claim as new is 1. A metallic tie havin a body rectangular in cross section provlded with a longitudinal channel in the upper face thereof, a cross head at the end of the body having passages therethrough communicating with said channel, a block upon said body adjacent the head, a clamp having a portion slidably positioned in said channel adapted for movement toward and away from said block, and resilient bolts extending through said clamp and passages removably secured to the tie body.

V jsai'd blcckandclamp 3Ame c t h ving; a p e e at each end-"thereof, the e1ids'0,said heads be-f;

r 5 ing 7 adapted for; abutting. engagement when the'ties-are arranged equally spaced apart;

upon the w :roadbed, blocks upon the tie in'- 5 p 2. A device of theclass described c m; prising an elongated metal bcdy having a cross head at the endftheredfandztfi' up"- standing block inwardlypf-said head, said head and body v being provided with "a pas I sage therethrough cpening into a channel atthe top of the'bcdy inwardly of the bleak; a clamp slidably positioned .inlsaid vchannel portion, and securing bolts through said 10; clamp. and head:extending cutwardly of theg -r latter .jfprming a resilient rail seat beneath wardly cf said heads, said having "a lcnand beneath each block; each head haVingQa between; resilient bolts extending through 'gitudinal channel in its upper face inwardly. s V i p lvpassage therethrough conununicatin with a V a channel 'of' the 'tie; a clamp "slidab y :posi-i v ticned 'in each channel,' said iblockskand 'f i clamps being adapted to 'recei e-.rails.there+ i said clamps and ehannels outwardly beyond v. the heads 'adapted fcr the ise ating of, rails; h Teen, and lccking means upcn the cuter a 7 ends of said b0lts, i.the}tieatthe opposite sides cf the channels being. cut-away fur nishing a clearance for the rails when cper atively Il q r d uponthe tie;

'l n testirnony whereof I aflix my siggnaturel 1 i -HILA RYFUDCZKO." f

- I dog ies cf this-patent be obtained, for ifiVIBOBX It S each, by addressing the ffioinmis'sicner of fatentsg WashingtonQDtG i i I 

